This is an idea that has evolved over discussions with Eluvatar and mcmasterdonia during the past few weeks.
You may be aware of the in-game challenge I had issued and promoted to try to raise my endorsement count and endorsement rate. It was generally quite successful, allowing me to reach and maintain an endorsement rate of 83%, as well as break the previous endorsement record. At the same time, it has been useful for getting more of our nations to join the WA.
Now that that challenge is complete, I am planning to issue a new one. I was originally considering making it about the Security Council: try and raise the endorsement counts of SC members. However, after the discussions I mentioned with Elu and mcm, all three of us agreed that it would be better to use this challenge to increase endorsement counts of all nations in the region in general.
The idea is that, in the long term, strenthening the endorsement counts and influence of our mid-level layer of nations is more important for regional security, than if we do the same for the SC only. Of course, SC members are also going to benefit. We can additionally use this program to promote WA membership in the region, as well as recruit new SC members.
I would like first to get your feedback on this idea, and second to get the SC's sponsorship, so that I can run this as a Delegate+SC co-sponsored endeavor.
I am considering doing the following:
1) Having of course a dispatch, like the one above.
2) Setting a goal of attaining a 10% endorsement saturation level (number of total endorsements given in TNP / number of total possible endorsements in TNP) by the end of the term. We are currently at a little above 5%.
3) Giving people access to a daily-updating list of WA nations in the region, shorted by number of endorsements given and number of endorsements received.
4) Having (bi?)weekly telegrams to WA nations, remininding them of the challenge and telling them about the progress we've made.
5) Having a bit less regular telegrams to non-WA nations, inviting them to join the WA to help us beat the challenge.
6) Creating a series of awards and features to promote the best performers in the challenge. For instance, each week's top endorsement givers/endorsement risers/etc. get to be featured in the WFE. And top endorsers, top endorsement counts, etc. get nice badges.
I am also looking for a theme for the initiative. I was thinking we could make it like blood donations ("give the gift of influence, donate endorsements"), or maybe a monetary exchange ("TNP endorsement exchange", come up with some way to give each nation a "price" in the exchange market). What theme we pick will be used for imagery and for theming the material I described above. Your feedback on the theme in particular is really appreciated.
You may be aware of the in-game challenge I had issued and promoted to try to raise my endorsement count and endorsement rate. It was generally quite successful, allowing me to reach and maintain an endorsement rate of 83%, as well as break the previous endorsement record. At the same time, it has been useful for getting more of our nations to join the WA.
Now that that challenge is complete, I am planning to issue a new one. I was originally considering making it about the Security Council: try and raise the endorsement counts of SC members. However, after the discussions I mentioned with Elu and mcm, all three of us agreed that it would be better to use this challenge to increase endorsement counts of all nations in the region in general.
The idea is that, in the long term, strenthening the endorsement counts and influence of our mid-level layer of nations is more important for regional security, than if we do the same for the SC only. Of course, SC members are also going to benefit. We can additionally use this program to promote WA membership in the region, as well as recruit new SC members.
I would like first to get your feedback on this idea, and second to get the SC's sponsorship, so that I can run this as a Delegate+SC co-sponsored endeavor.
I am considering doing the following:
1) Having of course a dispatch, like the one above.
2) Setting a goal of attaining a 10% endorsement saturation level (number of total endorsements given in TNP / number of total possible endorsements in TNP) by the end of the term. We are currently at a little above 5%.
3) Giving people access to a daily-updating list of WA nations in the region, shorted by number of endorsements given and number of endorsements received.
4) Having (bi?)weekly telegrams to WA nations, remininding them of the challenge and telling them about the progress we've made.
5) Having a bit less regular telegrams to non-WA nations, inviting them to join the WA to help us beat the challenge.
6) Creating a series of awards and features to promote the best performers in the challenge. For instance, each week's top endorsement givers/endorsement risers/etc. get to be featured in the WFE. And top endorsers, top endorsement counts, etc. get nice badges.
I am also looking for a theme for the initiative. I was thinking we could make it like blood donations ("give the gift of influence, donate endorsements"), or maybe a monetary exchange ("TNP endorsement exchange", come up with some way to give each nation a "price" in the exchange market). What theme we pick will be used for imagery and for theming the material I described above. Your feedback on the theme in particular is really appreciated.